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Army – Security Operations Officer

Job details
Posting date: 12 September 2024
Salary: £35,290 per year, pro rata
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 October 2024
Location: BA12 0DJ
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Ministry of Defence
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 368815

Summary

The Land Warfare Centre (LWC) is a two-star organisation, its headquarters (HQ) is based mainly at Waterloo Lines, Warminster. LWC’s primary role is the Army’s training organisation and it is responsible for driving the agile adaptation of the British Army.

LWC is closely linked with the rest of defence; and uses experimentation and lessons to optimise the Army and lead on the development of future capabilities. In the same way that operational capabilities must be continually developed to be more effective and efficient, our training capabilities for the Future Soldier.

Warminster Garrison is part of the LWC and is responsible for the oversight of all Barracks within the Garrison footprint and is home to 3 major units, Royal Dragoon Guards, and 2 RYORKS in Battlesbury Barracks and Falcon Squadron in Harman Lines.

As the Security Operations Officer you will be responsible for the physical and personal security of Warminster Garrison, reporting directly to the Head of Establishment. The role oversees all Unit Security Officers and is the Garrison Subject Matter Expert.

This is an exciting pivotal role which involves close work with Defence Intelligence, Service and Civil Police, plus the other emergency services. On a day-to-day basis this includes liaison with the guarding force (both Military and Civilian), as well as the contractors, who assist with personnel and car passes.

You will be representing the Garrison at internal and external meetings and will routinely be required to take the initiative and make decisions on the best course of action for security matters.

The Security Operations Officer will support all Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, engineer visits, IT roll outs and IT support to the Garrison Barracks where needed, this will require close collaboration with external contractors and Defence Digital.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

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